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Hamilton waves to spectators at Spa after an eventful dayCrispin Thruston

Kevin EasonCommentary

Last updated at 10:56PM, September 2 2012

Lewis Hamilton was reluctant to speak out after his spectacular exit from the
Belgian Grand Prix and his Twitter site remained curiously quiet last night,
thankfully so if you were a member of the McLaren management.

More than a million followers had tuned in by the time yesterday’s race was
about to start, including rival drivers and their engineers wondering just
where Jenson Button had found the extraordinary turn of speed that had
allowed him to destroy the field in qualifying to take pole position.

There, in glorious Technicolor, was the answer, a picture of the telemetry
used by McLaren